Click-n-fire interface - sniper rifle with Linux on board
The news, completely unfairly ignored by Habré - the TrackingPoint company presented a sniper rifle with a sight, running Linux OS.
Why unfairly?
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TrackingPoint, Inc. Founded in February 2011, John McHale - an avid hunter and founder of several IT companies - NetWorth (purchased by Compaq), NetSpeed (bought by Cisco), TippingPoint (bought by 3COM), BreakingPoint (bought by IXIA). In addition, McHale worked on anti-tank missile guidance systems and precision improvements for various tank systems.
A notetaker is probably a non-poor person with a wealth of IT and management experience.
The idea of a computer-controlled rifle occurred to him in 2009, on a safari in Africa, when he missed the Thompson gazelle because of the very difficult shooting conditions. The result of the research is a relatively inexpensive sniper rifle - about $ 20,000 - with a sight that is guided by the suspiciously familiar principle of clicking with the index finger on a button and allows even a perfect teapot to instantly become a sniper.
System components:
- actually a rifle, with technical accuracy of less than an angular minute;
- Networked Tracking Scope (NTS)
- computer controlled trigger mechanism
- system for maintaining the correct position of the sight relative to the barrel - Barrel Reference System
- button to capture the target
In sight there is
- microphone
- compass
- accelerometer
- ballistic calculator
- laser rangefinder
- pressure and temperature sensors
- Light filters for shooting in low light conditions
- Soft target tracking
- Wifi server
- USB ports
The general scheme of the system is as follows: the arrows points to the target with a special marker in the sight and clicks the button to capture the target. The sight captures the target, analyzes the environment, the distance and moves the crosshairs to the target where, according to his calculations, the bullet should fly. Then, when combined with a mark on the target, the crosshair is illuminated - you can shoot. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to shoot at all, and the rifle walks in your hands in such a way that it doesn’t work properly on the target. A computer-controlled trigger will not give a “wrong time” to shoot. If desired, all this is disabled and the NTS works simply as a heaped sight.
The sight can be controlled from a mobile application for iOS or Android, you can also record and save video of shots on your mobile device, download updates and change various settings. Another application allows you to watch a video stream with a sight, which can be useful for the second in a sniper pair.
The official site has a video of the hunt process, but I felt sorry for the little animals, so I don’t insert here. Video firing process at the site:
On the specialized weapons resources they already joked about automatically posting photos and videos in the FB and instagram, as well as raising the Apache on Linux, so that each rifle has its own website.
Why unfairly?
- The main part of the system is not a rifle, but a sight and software on it.
- The sight is not exactly a sight, but rather a full-fledged computer with a display, with a bunch of interfaces and functions.
- This is a startup.
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TrackingPoint, Inc. Founded in February 2011, John McHale - an avid hunter and founder of several IT companies - NetWorth (purchased by Compaq), NetSpeed (bought by Cisco), TippingPoint (bought by 3COM), BreakingPoint (bought by IXIA). In addition, McHale worked on anti-tank missile guidance systems and precision improvements for various tank systems.
A notetaker is probably a non-poor person with a wealth of IT and management experience.
The idea of a computer-controlled rifle occurred to him in 2009, on a safari in Africa, when he missed the Thompson gazelle because of the very difficult shooting conditions. The result of the research is a relatively inexpensive sniper rifle - about $ 20,000 - with a sight that is guided by the suspiciously familiar principle of clicking with the index finger on a button and allows even a perfect teapot to instantly become a sniper.
System components:
- actually a rifle, with technical accuracy of less than an angular minute;
- Networked Tracking Scope (NTS)
- computer controlled trigger mechanism
- system for maintaining the correct position of the sight relative to the barrel - Barrel Reference System
- button to capture the target
In sight there is
- microphone
- compass
- accelerometer
- ballistic calculator
- laser rangefinder
- pressure and temperature sensors
- Light filters for shooting in low light conditions
- Soft target tracking
- Wifi server
- USB ports
The general scheme of the system is as follows: the arrows points to the target with a special marker in the sight and clicks the button to capture the target. The sight captures the target, analyzes the environment, the distance and moves the crosshairs to the target where, according to his calculations, the bullet should fly. Then, when combined with a mark on the target, the crosshair is illuminated - you can shoot. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to shoot at all, and the rifle walks in your hands in such a way that it doesn’t work properly on the target. A computer-controlled trigger will not give a “wrong time” to shoot. If desired, all this is disabled and the NTS works simply as a heaped sight.
The sight can be controlled from a mobile application for iOS or Android, you can also record and save video of shots on your mobile device, download updates and change various settings. Another application allows you to watch a video stream with a sight, which can be useful for the second in a sniper pair.
The official site has a video of the hunt process, but I felt sorry for the little animals, so I don’t insert here. Video firing process at the site:
On the specialized weapons resources they already joked about automatically posting photos and videos in the FB and instagram, as well as raising the Apache on Linux, so that each rifle has its own website.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/165845/
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